Nigeria, July 13 -- A blogger, Ejike Ofoegbu, has confessed to publishing a series of false stories against Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State and his son, Ozonna Soludo.

Mr Ofoegbu, the owner and publisher of Igbo Times Magazine and INews, then tendered a public apology and unconditional retraction of the false stories against the governor and his son.

The blogger disclosed this in a statement posted on his blog's Facebook page on Saturday.

He also uploaded a video clip of himself to the page, in which he reiterated that the stories he published on Mr Soludo and his son were "all false and fabricated."

"I publicly admit that the stories I published concerning Governor Soludo and his son were completely fake, false, fabricated, ...